Frontier Circus
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James Barton with Nan Peterson (left) and Jackie Russell in "The Clan MacDuff" episode, 1962
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| Genre | Western |
| Written by |
Samuel A. Peeples Frank Price |
| Directed by |
Tay Garnett William Witney |
| Starring |
J. Pat O'Malley Chill Wills |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 60 mins. |
| Production company(s) | Calliope Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | October 5, 1961 – September 6, 1962 |
For the NBC program similarly named, see Frontier (1955 TV series).
Frontier Circus was an American Western television series about a traveling circus roaming the American West in the 1880s. Filmed by Revue Productions, the program aired on the CBS from October 5, 1961 until September 6, 1962.
The show featured such veteran Western television and film performers as Chill Wills as "Colonel Kasey Thompson," John Derek as "Ben Travis," Richard Jaeckel as "Scout Tony Gentry," and J. Pat O'Malley as "Duffy". Characters Thompson and Travis were the owners of the Thompson/Travis traveling circus.
Frontier Circus ran opposite two ABC sitcoms, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and The Donna Reed Show and another western series, The Outlaws on NBC, starring Barton MacLane and Don Collier. The difference between its plot and the plot of most standard Westerns may have led to its short run.
Timeless Media Group released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 on April 20, 2010.
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